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EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

4. No, he's not

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 11:09 AM

Dec 2018

The career ethics staff made this decision.

It made my eyebrows go up, but in my experience, the ethics teams in the various departments, including DOJ, are excellent - non-partisan, solid and unafraid to speak truth to power. So unless I hear more, I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

It's possible this opinion was conditional - conditioned on certain promises from Whitaker - and could be revisited if he gives any sign of bias or inappropriate meddling. But, so far, as concerned as we may be, it appears that Whitaker has not hindered or compromised the investigation.